Bangladesh weathered a brutal assault from Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill before successfully pulling things back to restrict India to a below-par 168/6 in their Asia Cup Super 4 clash in Dubai on Wednesday.

Put in to bat at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, where the boundaries were on a slower side, India began unusually cautiously, collecting just 10 runs in the first two overs. The tempo changed soon after, as Abhishek (75 off 37 balls) and Gill (29 off 19) shifted gears to power India to 72 without loss in the Powerplay.

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Gill opened the floodgates by smashing left-arm spinner Nasum Ahmed for a four and a six, before Abhishek, who had received a reprieve on seven when stand-in captain Jaker Ali dropped him behind the stumps, joined the fun with a towering hit

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